Back to School Night helps calm first-day nerves
Students, parents, teachers prepare for the school yearBy: Thaddeus Carroll, tcarroll@wolfrivermedia.com Leader Photo by Thaddeus Carroll Shawano fifth-grader Madeline Heling checks her room assignment...
View ArticleMIHS teacher completes science program in Arizona
Dan Moreno, who teaches general science and chemistry at Menominee Indian High School, recently returned from a six-week stay in the desert of southern Arizona.Moreno was a participant in an innovative...
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Fifth-grade students remember Sept. 11By: Lee Pulaski, lpulaski@wolfrivermedia.com Leader Photo by Lee Pulaski Fifth-grade students at Olga Brener Intermediate School stand around a red, white and blue...
View ArticleDonation helps create Albright Room at Sacred Heart school
By: Carol Wagner, Leader Correspondent Photo by Carol Wagner Sacred Heart Catholic School 4K teacher Corinne Salerno, left, and the Rev. Luke Ferris watch as the children present Julie Erickson and her...
View ArticleLocal schools participating in walk to school day
Three schools in Shawano County will participate in International Walk to School Day on Wednesday.The event promotes safe school routes, pedestrian safety and the importance of physical activity. Each...
View ArticleShawano couple honored by Silver Lake College
Contributed Photo A room at Silver Lake College in Manitowoc was recently named in honor of Bob and Pat Endries, of Shawano.Silver Lake College recently honored Bob and Pat Endries, of Shawano, during...
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Shawano Community High SchoolThe next SCHS Student Council’s American Red Cross blood drive will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 30. Appointments can be made by visiting redcrossblood.org and entering...
View ArticleDuck Pluck winners give money back to scholarship fund
Photo by Bob Klopke From left, Maribeth Klopke, Karen Wurth and Lolly Pleshek served as the “pluckers” Saturday at the Gresham Scholarship Fund’s eighth annual Duck Pluck.Every winning ticket/duck...
View ArticleTrying a change of pace
Area students participate in Walk to School DayBy: Scott Williams, swilliams@wolfrivermedia.com Contributed Photo Students from St. James Lutheran School in Shawano enjoy getting some exercise...
View ArticleCeremony celebrates new automotive program at SCHS
AYES helps prepare students for workplaceThe new Automotive Youth Educational Systems program at Shawano Community High School will be officially unveiled at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 21.The program will be held...
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Shawano School DistrictThere is no school on Friday.Shawano Community High SchoolShawano Community High School will present the play, “Harvey,” Oct. 29 through Oct. 31. The curtain rises at 7 p.m. for...
View ArticleCMN program launches books-to-kids project
Sacred Little Ones initiative in its 5th year CMN Photo by D. Kakkak CMN professor Cyndi Pyatskowit, left, reviews a selection of children’s books with Tina Shawano, of the Menominee Community Health...
View ArticleDinner and a show
Showstoppers, jazz band to perform at Dinner DanceBy: Lee Pulaski, lpulaski@wolfrivermedia.com Leader Photo by Lee Pulaski The Showstoppers show choir runs through “Celebration,” a Kool and the Gang...
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Shawano School DistrictThere is no school on Nov. 20.The next School Board meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the Board Room at Shawano Community High School, 220 County Road B, Shawano.Shawano...
View ArticleBonduel students organize cancer benefit
8th-graders raise funds for patientsBy: Scott Williams, swilliams@wolfrivermedia.com Leader Photo by Scott Williams Jenny Hacker, second from right, who is battling cancer, visited Thursday to thank...
View ArticleWussow wins national FFA award
Bonduel student recognized for dairy herdBy: Carol Wagner Leader CorrespondentThe third time was the charm for Kaila Wussow as she won the National Dairy Entrepreneurship Proficiency Award at the...
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Bonduel Elementary SchoolNovember has been a busy month at Bonduel Elementary School.Students in Mary Wudtke’s third-grade class have been growing academically in leaps and bounds. They have been...
View ArticlePassing down traditions
SCMS students learn about Native American culturesBy: Lee Pulaski, lpulaski@wolfrivermedia.com Leader Photo by Lee Pulaski Michael Begaye, a member of the Navajo and Santo Domingo Pueblo tribes,...
View ArticleStudent shares her desire to help
By: Carol Wagner, Leader Correspondent Photo by Carol Wagner Gracie Onesti, a student at Shawano Community Middle School, is collecting items for the new homeless shelter in Shawano. Shown are, from...
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Shawano Community Middle SchoolThe kids from Shawano Community Middle School have been doing many fundraisers to help pay for their trip to Washington, D.C., in May 2016.They have been doing jobs such...
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